World Pest Awareness day is designed to create awareness with citizens all over the world of the important role the professional pest management industry plays in…
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BBCs Panorama programme last night (6 August) showed our industry in a very positive light. It’s a shame that audience figures were probably lower than usual…
Manchester City Council has become the first local authority in Europe to achieve CEPA certified status and prove that they are meeting the European standard (EN…
Figures released by the public services union, the GMB, on Monday 1 February reveal that a total of 25,165 job losses are in the pipeline. 52…
One of the key findings to emerge from a survey undertaken by the CIEH, is that of the services previously provided by local authorities, the most…
Looks like the recession may be over for many pest professionals. 96% of those working in private sector pest control companies and 94% of self-employed pest…
BPCA has repeated the survey it first conducted in 2012 using the Freedom of Information Act to compel all Local Authorities to reply. The 2012 report…
With information gathered from local authorities throughout the UK, BPCA published (18 May 2012) the first National Survey of Pest Species 2012. In the introduction to…
The snow might be gone, but the problems it caused remain. Piles of rubbish built-up on the streets of several UK towns. A fertile breeding ground…
Pest control within local authorities is radically changing due to the financial cuts. But how and where? Pest has pulled together the currently available information and…